Welcome RCIC Consultants and Immigration Consultants from Around the World to our Guidebook
Richard Parenteau Sr., CEO of CanAm Immigration
David J. Gervais, ESQ, New York Immigration Law Group PLLC
Business without Borders
For businesses, companies professionals and international investors
The History of Business Immigration Visas and Permanent Residency
Business immigration visas and permanent residency after World War II had a profound and lasting impact on the economic landscape of many countries, particularly the United States and Canada.
One of the most significant consequences of business immigration visas and permanent residency after World War II was the injection of entrepreneurial spirit and innovation into the host countries’ economies. Many immigrants brought with them unique skills, experiences, and business acumen, which played a pivotal role in driving economic expansion.
Moreover, business immigration visas and permanent residency were instrumental in the development of small and medium-sized businesses, which are the backbone of many economies.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) was created in January 1995 and today has over 164 member countries. Business immigration visas play several important roles for members of the World Trade Organization. The WTO is an international organization that aims to promote global trade and reduce barriers for international commerce. Business immigration visas and permanent residency support these goals in various ways.
Encouraging Foreign Investment
Business immigration visas and permanent residency can promote economic integration among WTO member countries. When professionals, investors, and businesspeople move across borders with ease, they can form cross-border business relationships, establish joint ventures, and develop small and medium-sized businesses, which are the backbone of many economies.
Conclusion
When implemented in accordance with WTO principles, business immigration visas and permanent residency can be powerful tools for advancing goals of international organizations and promoting global prosperity.
All the above is applicable to the following:
Who we are & what we do at CanAm Immigration and New York Immigration Law Group
Experts in business immigration since 1994, CanAm Immigration and New York Immigration Law Group has had the privilege of assisting over 7000 businesses, companies, organizations, and investors obtain over 27,000 business immigration visas and permanent residency for qualifying key employees (the Dream Team) being transferred and who are essential to the US or Canadian operations. We have also obtained business immigration visas for international investors investing in the United States of America or Canada.
We exclusively serve businesses, companies, and professionals only. We aren’t involved in immigrant immigration.
We have decided to share our business strategy and knowledge with the next generation of immigration professionals. It is our contribution to the Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and international immigration consultants from around the world.
No investment is required. We know we can make a difference in your small business and help you grow. We know because we started small too.
For those who are truly interested in expanding their business and offering US business immigration to their clients, once signed an NDA, you will obtain the description of our Finder’s Fee agreement and our marketing team will help you expand your operations. Just let us know. No investment required.
Business Immigration Visas
Businesses, companies, and key employees and their families wanting to expand their corporate operations throughout the world, including the United States of America and Canada, are eligible for business immigration visas.
For businesses and companies
- Business Expansion immigration visas (intercompany visa)
- Business immigration visas for brokers (Treaty Trader)
- Investor business immigration visa (Treaty Investor)
Expansion Business Immigration Visas and Permanent Residency for the US
(Fully applies to business immigration visas and permanent residency for businesses and companies expanding their operations to Canada)
Businesses and companies from over 160 countries are admissible for a business expansion immigration visa
The United States are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). As such, they welcome businesses and/or companies, whose country is a member of the WTO, to expand their operations to the US. They also welcome key employees to be transferred to the US (including the owners to manage every aspect of the US operations), thus ensuring the success of the US operations.
A common misconception is that foreign businesses and/or companies can only hire Americans to manage their business in the US. This is not true. To succeed in the US, foreign businesses or companies must be in total control of all aspects of management (including its policies, procedures, and business culture) and are authorized to transfer their key employees to the US division.
US Business Expansion Visas
Admissible Countries
164 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Key positions admissible to obtain a US business immigration visa and Permanent Residency
(Fully applies to business immigration visas and permanent residency for businesses and companies expanding their operations to Canada)
- Owners: Sole owner or shareholder serving as executive capacity
- Executives of the company: President, CEO, CFO, COO and VP
- Managerial staff: General Managers, Sales Managers, Production Managers, Quality Managers, and Middle Management
- Specialized skills: Employees with professional Bachelor’s degree; OR post-secondary degree and three (3) years’ experience; or who have received the company’s unique in-house training on policies and procedures relating to their products and/or services, who are essential to the US operations, and who can train future US employees according to your business culture, policies, and procedures.
Opportunities to expand your business or company to the US
(Fully applies to business immigration visas and permanent residency for businesses and companies expanding their operations to Canada)
Acquisition (must have controlling shares thus, must own minimum 50% of shares with veto powers, for immigration purposes)
Joint venture/mergers (must have controlling shares thus, must own minimum 50% of shares with veto powers, for immigration purposes)
Opening a branch office
Opening a subsidiary
Advantages of expanding to the United States
(Fully applies to business immigration visas and permanent residency for businesses and companies expanding their operations to Canada)
- Gain direct access to the US market which gives the business and/or company the same rights and privileges as other US companies. Allow key employees (and the owners), once transferred to the US, to manage every aspect of the business or company, thus ensuring its success within the US.
- Your key employees are secure in the knowledge that they will not have to compete with Americans to keep their position. They will be more willing to move to the US with their families and be able to commit to your company for the long term. Their spouses will be able to legally work and contribute to the family’s household income, knowing their entire family (children under 21) will benefit by receiving US Permanent Residency (Green Card).
- Permanent residency – “First Preference” Green Card – transferees (managerial & executive employees) and their dependents are considered first preference during the Green Card application. This means that since they are essential to the success of the US company, the company doesn’t have to go through the usual labor certification process and demonstrate that Americans are not available to fill the position.
- Spouses of key employees can obtain US work authorizations so they can legally work in the US, and obtain a US social security number including all associated benefits. Children (under 21) also may attend school without having to pay the international fees.
In the US
Step One (Obtain)
- They will obtain US business visas
- They will obtain spousal work authorizations
- Their children (under 21) can go to school without having to pay international fees.
Step Two (Obtain)
- Permanent residency (Green Card)
- The spouse is admissible to apply for permanent residency (green card) for them and their family (children under 21)
Step Three (Obtain)
- Citizenship: Become part of the American dream
Immigration Benefits when Expanding to the US
(Fully applies to business immigration visas and permanent residency for businesses and companies expanding their operations to Canada)
- US business immigration visa
- Spousal work authorization
- Children under 21 can attend school without having to pay international fees
- Permanent residency (Green Card)
Requirements for Expansion
No minimum investment required*
(Fully applies to business visas and permanent residency to Canada)
- A comprehensive 3-year business plan for your future activities in the US. This plan will determine the financial needs (investment and cashflow) of your expansion to the US.
- The foreign company must have been operating in its home country for at least one year and must remain in operation at all time.
- Annual sales volume or gross revenues of the foreign company should exceed US $1,000,000.
- The company should have at least ten full-time employees on its payroll.
- The key employees being transferred to the US must have worked for the foreign company for at least one year out of the last three.
Immigration and Corporate Mobility Business Plan
(Fully applies to business immigration visas and permanent residency for businesses and companies expanding their operations to Canada)
Business management and companies’ boards of directors cannot make decisions if they don’t have the right information. With our Business Immigration and Corporate Mobility Plan, we aim to provide the deciders of a business or company with an accurate and complete snapshot of their rights and privileges in the context of conducting international business. With our plan, the people making decisions will know who in their employee pool is eligible to immigrate and why. We will also tell you how to best organize your corporate legal structure to comply with the requirements of Canadian, American, and international immigration authorities.
Essential to expanding your operation in the US, CanAm Immigration and New York Immigration Law Group have created an in-house Immigration and Corporate Mobility Business Plan which will clearly demonstrate to immigration government decision-makers that the company qualifies and that most of all, the key employees qualify and are essential to their operations in the US.
Business Expansion Immigration Visa for Multinational
Streamlined method – multinational recognition
US Citizenship and Immigration services (USCIS) offers a streamlined method allowing multinationals to transfer their key executive and managerial employees from anywhere in the world to the United States. CanAm Immigration and/or New York Immigration Law Group can help you seek recognition as a multinational company in the US, which yields the advantages on the next slide.
Advantages of having an approved Blanket petition
- The Immigration Officer evaluating the entry in the US of your employee will immediately see in your documentation that you have been approved as a US multinational for immigration purposes. Your employees will be questioned only concerning their job description in the US and their personal admissibility (example: if they have a criminal record).
- Transferred employees can work for any of your companies or subsidiaries in the US without the need of filing a new petition every time they are transferred to another division and/or company in the US.
- Qualifying employees can be transferred to the US from any company you own anywhere in the world.
- An 80% reduction in paperwork translates into substantial savings in the time and effort required to process the petitions.
- The prequalification of your company translates into greatly accelerated approval times.
- Reduced filing expenses.
- Foreign employees may apply directly at the US Consulate in their home country.
- Blankets can be easily amended to add new companies and subsidiaries as you acquire them.
Advantages Cont’d
- Duration of your approved Blanket: First petition will be approved for three years with no need to submit any additional documentation to US Immigration (USCIS). Before the expiration date of three years, a new petition will need to be submitted which will then be approved indefinitely.
- Advantages for key employees being transferred.
- Your key employees are secure in the knowledge that they will not have to compete with Americans to keep their position. They will be more willing to move to the US with their families and be able to commit to your company for the long term. Their spouses will be able to legally work and contribute to the family’s household income, knowing their children under 21 will benefit by receiving US Permanent Residency (Green Card).
- Permanent residency – “First Preference” Green Card – transferees (managerial & executive employees) and their dependents are considered first preference during the Green Card application. This means that since they are considered to be essential to the success of the US company, the company doesn’t have to go through the usual labor certification process and demonstrate that Americans are not available to fill the position.Spouses of key employees can obtain US work authorization so they can legally work in the US and can obtain a US social security number including all associated benefits. Children under 21 may attend school without having to pay international fees.
Admissible Company Transferees
The following are admissible to obtain US business immigration visas and US Permanent Residency
- Owners: Sole owner or shareholder serving as executive capacity
- Executives of the company: President, CEO, CFO, COO and VPs
- Managerial staff: General managers, Sales managers, Production managers, Quality managers, and Middle management
Admissibility requirements for the Foreign Company transferring its employees in the US
Company qualifies for a Blanket designation if:
Combined sales of at least US $25 million;
or – U.S. workforce of at least 1,000 employees;
or – At least 10 approved US Expansion visas in the last 12 months.
- Company must have at least three or more domestic and foreign branches that are engaged in commercial trade or services.
- The foreign company must have been operating in their own country for at least one year and must always remain in operation.
Business Immigration Visas for Brokers (Treaty Trader)
Business Immigration Visas for Brokers (Treaty Trader)
Admissible to obtain business immigration visas and permanent residency are citizens of the following countries
The United States have signed bilateral treaties for brokers with over 50 countries
Advantages for Brokers (Treaty Trader)
No minimum investment required.
Direct access to the US market with the same rights and privileges as other US businesses and companies.
Treaty Traders obtain a business immigration visa for up to 5 years that can be renewed as long as the applicant’s business remains operational.
Business immigration visas and permanent residency
The Treaty Trader’s spouse can obtain US employment authorization so he/she can legally work in the US.
Children under 21 can attend school and don’t have to pay international student fees.
Optionally, applicant, spouse, and children under 21 are eligible to obtain permanent residency (Green Card).
Admissibility requirements for the United States
No minimum investment required.
Must be a citizen of a treaty country
Must have a business office (not a home office)
Proof of sales of goods and/or services
51% of goods and or services sold must be from their home country to the US or
51% of the goods and or services sold must be from the US to their home country
A Treaty Trader must have controlling shares of its business, company, or start-up
- Example 1: Two Treaty Traders from the same home country can invest 50/50 in the same project in the US. They will both obtain US business immigration visas and dependent visas for their families. Both their spouses can get work authorization.
- Example 2: A Treaty Trader and an American (or a Permanent Resident/Green Card holder) can invest in the same project 50/50.
- Example 3: The Treaty Trader can own 100% of the business, company, or start-up.
Trader Investor
Admissible to obtain business immigration visas and permanent residency are citizens of the following countries
Over 80 countries have a bilateral for treaty investors program with the United States of America
Advantages for Treaty Investors
Direct access to the US market with the same rights and privileges as other US businesses and companies.
Treaty Investors obtain a US business immigration Visa for up to 5 years that can be renewed as long as the applicant’s business remains operational with employees.
Business immigration visas and permanent residency
The Treaty Investor’s spouse can obtain US employment authorization so he/she can legally work in the US. and obtain, permanent residency (green card)
Children under 21 can attend school and don’t have to pay international student fees.
Optionally, applicant, spouse, and children under 21 are eligible to obtain permanent residency (Green Card).
| Project cost | Required investment |
|---|---|
| Less than $ 100,000.00 | 100% of the investment is necessary |
| $ 100,000.00 to $ 500,000.00 | 75% of the investment is necessary |
| $ 500,001.00 to $ 3,000,000.00 | 50% of the investment is necessary |
| $ 3,000,001.00 and more | 30% of the investment is necessary |
Admissibility requirements for Treaty Investors
The Treaty Investor must invest a substantial amount of capital (minimum US $100,000) and have a controlling share in the investment for their future US business, company, or franchise.
A Treaty Investor must have controlling shares of its business or company
- Example 1: Two Treaty Investors from the same home country can invest 50/50 in the same project in the US. They will both obtain US business immigration visas and dependent visas for their families. Both their spouses can get work authorization.
- Example 2: A Treaty Investor and an American (or a Permanent Resident/Green Card holder) can invest in the same project 50/50.
- Example 3: The Treaty Investor can own 100% of the business or company.
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By adding our knowledge and strategy to your toolbox, we know we can help you grow and bring your business to the next level. You will be able to offer your services to countries around the world wanting to expand their business operations in both Canada and the United States of America.
Furthermore, unlike Canadian immigrant visas, there are no grey areas in business immigration. They qualify or they don’t, and it is all business oriented.
For those who are truly interested in expanding their business and offering US business immigration to their clients, once signed an NDA, you will obtain the description of our Finder’s Fee agreement and our marketing team will help you expand your operations. Just let us know. No investment required.
If you have any questions or require additional guidance about the material included in this presentation, please feel free to contact us directly.
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